Al Boy Name

The name Al is a diminutive form of Albert or Alan.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Al has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Al

Use of the Name Al for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

15,589

6,537

712

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Al has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Al last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1987, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Al

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

526

12

1881

389

19

1882

299

33

1883

371

21

1884

434

18

1885

441

17

1886

325

27

1887

420

16

1888

387

23

1889

370

23

1890

492

15

1891

377

21

1892

404

22

1893

359

25

1894

357

26

1895

399

23

1896

367

27

1897

422

20

1898

419

22

1899

346

27

1900

359

37

1901

407

21

1902

291

42

1903

303

38

1904

351

33

1905

319

39

1906

316

43

1907

340

40

1908

334

45

1909

338

47

1910

284

73

1911

339

64

1912

344

120

1913

427

101

1914

394

144

1915

404

176

1916

515

122

1917

494

134

1918

521

133

1919

472

160

1920

493

149

1921

579

119

1922

616

110

1923

634

102

1924

507

151

1925

550

125

1926

494

148

1927

473

164

1928

434

189

1929

452

172

1930

455

169

1931

414

186

1932

397

199

1933

415

170

1934

395

194

1935

376

208

1936

387

200

1937

384

204

1938

409

192

1939

404

198

1940

450

166

1941

424

191

1942

409

223

1943

445

201

1944

415

210

1945

410

215

1946

384

288

1947

377

332

1948

405

281

1949

439

231

1950

449

214

1951

421

258

1952

424

269

1953

431

267

1954

408

308

1955

433

285

1956

369

397

1957

392

388

1958

395

390

1959

376

437

1960

398

393

1961

417

362

1962

434

337

1963

459

293

1964

481

268

1965

529

211

1966

596

158

1967

587

166

1968

589

166

1969

604

167

1970

684

145

1971

675

150

1972

617

162

1973

664

144

1974

703

136

1975

712

135

1976

653

156

1977

749

129

1978

724

134

1979

805

116

1980

845

109

1981

839

109

1982

817

117

1983

855

104

1984

930

89

1985

955

91

1986

1987

980

93

Totals:

15,589

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Al as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Al appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 107 times during the last 125 years.